Re: OT--Re: Help me find 5 mistakes and than solution to thoes mistakes!

["Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:33, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> And a pet peeve of mine is misuse of Latin in general, e.g., the biggest 
> of which are confusing i.e. and e.g., and mispronouncing etc (i.e., et 
> cetera) as ex cetera.
> 

Hey, Steve! Good to read you again.

I thought this thread would die, but since it refuses I'll just *have*
to pitch in. Generally spelling and grammar are going downhill fast...
English is my second language and I still find that most of the
"natives" speak/write/think in simply deplorable fashion. Examples:

Misuse of similar words: complimentary/complementary or affect/effect
Language destruction: walla! (voilà!) and expresso (espresso)

And there are oh-so-many others!

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Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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